Methodologies

Indigenous Research Methodologies

Indigenous Research Methodologies

A number of past posts presented books on decolonization – Fanon on struggles, Ngugi on language, and Smith on methodologies. How might a grounding in decolonization shape research? Margaret Kovach addresses this question in “Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts” (2009). In seeking to understand how Indigenous methodologies have been utilized in research, Kovach presents […]

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Decolonizing Methodologies

Decolonizing Methodologies

What are the ways in which research approaches and methodologies replicate colonial attitudes and processes? In “Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples” (1999), Linda Tuhiwai Smith makes these ways clear, while also presenting new pathways for research – not simply a decolonization of research, but a reformation of research that is embedded within a broader […]

Tags: #Colonialism #decolonization #Decolonizing #Methodologies #Research

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